I don’t think we have any alternative other than remaining optimistic. Optimism is an absolute necessity, even if it’s only optimism of the will, as Gramsci said, and pessimism of the intellect.
ANGELA DAVISIt’s true that it’s within the realm of cultural politics that young people tend to work through political issues, which I think is good, although it’s not going to solve the problems.
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Discrimination based on skin color, sexual orientation,& gender needs to stop. We’re all humans at the end of the day.
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What this country needs is more unemployed politicians.
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It’s true that it’s within the realm of cultural politics that young people tend to work through political issues, which I think is good, although it’s not going to solve the problems.
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Human beings cannot be willed and molded into non-existence.
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Sometimes we have to do the work even though we don’t yet see a glimmer on the horizon that it’s actually going to be possible.
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I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.
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I think we have to really focus on the issues much more than we may have in the past.
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If they come for me in the morning, they will come for you in the night.
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I have a hard time accepting diversity as a synonym for justice. Diversity is a corporate strategy.
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Well for one, the 13th amendment to the constitution of the US which abolished slavery – did not abolish slavery for those convicted of a crime.
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Revolution is a serious thing, the most serious thing about a revolutionary’s life. When one commits oneself to the struggle, it must be for a lifetime.
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The process of empowerment cannot be simplistically defined in accordance with our own particular class interests. We must learn to lift as we climb.
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The only weapons that make me dangerous are my mind, mouth and pride, which will surely educate you.
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Prisons do not disappear problems, they disappear human beings.
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I never saw myself as an individual who had any particular leadership powers.
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